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I'd like to create a market for a "wish-based" currency. (Stop laughing). As dumb as that sounds, I was struck by the idea of what a currency market would look
by m0nastic 12y ago
I'd like to create a market for a "wish-based" currency. (Stop laughing).
As dumb as that sounds, I was struck by the idea of what a currency market would look like in some sci-fi techno-utopia (one where nanites or molecular printers can basically provide all utilitarian needs).
Presumably there would still be a need for currency, even if people didn't have to buy things. If I squint, I can almost see Kickstarter as a general example of a very specific "wish-based" market (one where someone has a thing that they want to exist, and other people collectively fund it).
So what could a system look like that was designed to facilitate wishes. Presumably there's some underlying crypto-currency, and a reputation system (which I'd also like to work on).
Anyway, it's at the bottom of my todo list.
- wcgortel 12y agoYou might dig this article on the economics of star trek. It's kind of an inquiry into what currency might look like in an era of abundance. https://medium.com/@RickWebb/the-economics-of-star-trek-29bab88d50 https://medium.com/@RickWebb/the-economics-of-star-trek-29ba...
- walterbell 12y agoAnother sci-fi story on post-scarcity economics, Walter Jon Williams "The Green Leopard Plague", part 1 here. Remainder in anthology of same name. http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0311/greenl.shtml http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0311/greenl.shtml
- Marcus316 12y agoHave you, perchance, read "Voyage From Yesteryear"? The "economy" described is rather interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_from_Yesteryear http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_from_Yesteryear
- m0nastic 12y agoI haven't, but I just bookmarked it. Thank you.
- mariocarvalho 12y agowish-based currency? Try http://www.impossible.com http://www.impossible.com